Mucha

[osprey_archer]

You guys! You guys! Today's google graphic is inspired by Alphonse Mucha!

So much love. Art Nouveau is made of awesome.

Comments

[skogkatt.livejournal.com]

Yes! I was so happy when I saw that!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I did a little dance in the office. :)

[silksieve.livejournal.com]

That is really awesome! Gorgeous.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

:)

[anait.livejournal.com]

Aw! I love Mucha too.

themis has some beautiful Mucha icons over here: http://m-icons.livejournal.com/tag/art:%20alphonse%20mucha
I've gone and stared at her post with the tigers a few times just because it was so pretty. :)

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

*drools*

This is actually a great time for these icons, because I just watched The Passion of Joan of Arc. It's such a good movie - I couldn't quite get into it at first - but soon I hardly noticed the lack of talking, because I was so drawn in to the facial expressions.

The director managed to shine the light off Joan's eyes so it really seemed like she looked into, and reflected, an ethereal, divine glow. It was very impressive. And so sad, the ending! Even her judges were sorry (although of course they burned her anyway.)

[anait.livejournal.com]

Cool! I skipped over the Joan of Arc icons when I first looked at the post, not having seen the movie, but I went back and had a look. You're right, the actress has such an expressive face.

Also, poor Joan. Her story always makes me sad. I know that some people admire martyrs or tend towards martyrdom themselves, but that kind of mindset just doesn't make sense to me.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I don't quite understand your last paragraph? I agree that Joan's story is sad, but I think there's an important distinction between admiring martyrs and tending toward martyrdom.

People who tend toward martyrdom (at least if you mean what I think you mean) are often obnoxious. They want everyone to notice the enormous sacrifices they make, so they remind a sick relative endlessly of the wonderful, exciting life they're sacrificing to care for said relative, or parents who scrimp and save and suffer so their child can become a doctor, and never ever ever let the child (who doesn't want to be a doctor, even) forget it.

But surely there is something admirable about actual martyrs, who fight for justice even if that put them in danger of being murdered? Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Oscar Romero, the White Rose - would they have done better to be silent, safe, and complicit in evil?